what is jason patrick pushing for here exactly?> when jason patrick was ruled by the judge to only be a sperm donor, the judge actually cited a california law that was passed a couple of years ago, and that law was written by a state senator named jerry hill, and now jerry hill says the law needs to be craved -- clarified to make sure parental rights are not stripped away. the new law would allow sperm for parental rights -- a big if -- they can show a certain level of involvement in a child's life. >> so, sb115 doesn't give me my son back. i don't know if it gives mr. korea his son back. but it gives standing for men to constitutionally get their rights and go into court and say, i'm the dad. and let a judge decide if he is not. >> what he saying he gets a chance to fight for his son. this new bill has passed the state senate. it now goes to the state assembly. >> shepard: there's a lot of opposition to changing this law. >> sure. the national organization for women is against this, so is planned parenthood, saying it raise is ser

let me turn first to jason patrick and the sperm donor wants to be so much more. >> well, he does.d sign a paper before the baby was born saying is, what the --ant to be part of the baby's life. he did sign that form. he did not relinquish custody which is the b thing that is different. the baby has even been born. l.a. california they're is a bi being presented saying if you're a sperm donor and sign these forms saying you want to be part of it and here's the hard part, involved in your child's life. i think as aublic policy matter what fathers to be involved. not just in paying child support, but in their day-to-day lives, we want to support that. lou: a conflict of obviouslyn our society and culture that is going to work its way through. the think that it will have? >> at think there will. the california case will go rough. ifhe man can show that he really was involved in that child's life in the best interest of the child he should be involved. lou: obamacare, another broken promise. and there seems to be no law in obacare but even roy los -- have never seen a losso completely

. >> today, jason patrick has a starring role in what could be a reality shochl the 47-year-old is inmento lobbying politicians for a proposal that allows the law to define him as a dad, a court ruled he is just a sperm donor. >> because you're a donor you're not allowed to prove in other statute or other way your parentage. >> patrick's drama started when he and his former gifl friend agreed to have a child through artificial insemination. he was part of his son's life more than two years and could have been considered a legal father if a signed agreement granting him that status was in place prior to conception. after a split, and no legally binding contract in place, he lost custody, and hasn't seen the now 3-year-old for months. state senator jerry hill just wants to help men and same-sex couples in that situation. >> because of the pr, it lost focus. to me the focus is parenting what. is in the best interest of the child? >> calls were not burned by the cryo bank is opposed to changing the law protecting birth mothers from custody battles. this woman says she shouldn't get in the

. >> and, in fact, jason patrick says, shep, the only reason is he in this fight at all because he andx-girlfriend had this baby through artificial means instead of naturally. a judge cited a california law passed back in 2011 defines him as a sperm donor. even as the man who wrote that law, is he a state senator by the name of jerry hill. he says it needs to be amended to make sure that sperm donors have the chance to become parental rights if they are involved in a child's life to a certain extent. patrick, today, told legislators that he is heavily involved in his son's life. listen. >> i will sit down and show you mothers of the video of the teaching who i am da'da. every single age, every month that he went through. preschool, father, mother, both signatures it. i would like to show you all that kind of stuff because that evidence was barred from being shown in a california courthouse. >> of course, the ex-girlfriend danielle shriver maintains that all of what he just said is not true. that's what she told the judge in court. shep? >> several groups, trace, approve this bill. >> y

the effort being spearheaded by actor jason patrick. he took his case to lawmakers after a court ruled that he had no rights to a 3-year-old son that he fathered as a sperm donor with a former girlfriend. >> we raise these children. we love these children. but when these relationships fell apart for whatever the specific reasons were, we were shockingly i know for me and from talking to daniel [ indiscernible ] deemed as sperm donors. >> planned parenthood and the national organization for women oppose the bill saying it would compromise the wishes of single women and couples seeking to build a family using a sperm donor. the assembly committee chose not to vote without spending more time studying the bill. >>> two hollywood actresses also went before state lawmakers today calling for tougher restrictions on paparazzi photographing their children. halle berry was joined by jennifer garner at the state capital in support of senate bill 606. it would change the definition every harassment to include photographing a child without the permi

one bill didn't make it today is one backed by actor jason patrick to allow sperm donors to petition for parental rights. patrick was denied paternity rights by a judge. a panel voted to keep it in committee for further review. >> celebrities in support of tougher measures against the paparazzi. actresses testified to include photographing a child without permission of a legal guardian increasing fines and allows civil lawsuits in case autos i don't want a gang of shouting arguing law breaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day, every day to continue to traumatize my kids this, bill would give us our rights back to protect our children. >> that bill moved forward opponents say it's too skpraig could apply to legitimate news gathering and private citizen autos we have more still to come at 6:00. surplus report in the oakland school district. how a land owner can cash in. >> tonight controversial reaction to a law giving transgender students their choice of facilities to use at school autos and a good, old fashioned march for immigration reform. why they have sites se

actor jason patrick lobbying politicians and wants a law that will help define hims a father despitehe fact a court ruled he's just a sperm donor. it began when patrick and his former girlfriend agreed to have a child through artificial insemination. he could been the legal father but had to have signed an agreement prior to conception. >> because you're a donor you're not allowed to prove your parentage. though i'm the biological father. >> jerry hill authored a bill that would help allowing sperm donors in certain situations to become legal parents. opponents of the proposed bill include some sperm banks. >> it's an icky mess making international news. tonight the problem of so called fatbergs clogging up sewers it's made up of grease and baby wipe that's clocks up our sewer systems. they say is a serious problem. >> the grease gets inside of the sewer then the wipes get there. it comes together. it adheres to the graechls more grease gets on there, it becomes bigger grease ball. i've seen grease balls as large as volkswagons. >> yuck. yesterday a company in london announced it dis

one bill didn't make it today is one backed by actor jason patrick to allow sperm donors to petition parental rights. patrick was denied paternity rights by a judge. a panel voted to keep it in committee for further review. >> celebrities in support of tougher measures against the actresses testified to include photographing a child without permission of a legal guardian increasing fines and allows civil lawsuits in case autos i don't want a gang of shouting arguing law breaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day, every day to continue to traumatize my kids this, bill would give us our rights back to protect our children. >> that bill moved forward opponents say it's too skpraig could apply to legitimate news gathering and private citizen autos we have more still to come at 6:00. surplus report in the oakland school district. how a land owner can cash in. >> tonight controversial reaction to a law giving transgender students their choice of facilities to use at school autos and a good, old fashioned march for immigration reform. why th [ male announcer ] so you used

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actor jason patrick lobbying politicians and wants a law that will help define hims a father despitehe fact a court ruled he's just a sperm donor. it began when patrick and his former girlfriend agreed to have a child through artificial insemination. he could been the legal father but had to have signed an agreement prior to conception. >> because you're a donor you're not allowed to prove your parentage. though i'm the biological father. >> jerry hill authored a bill that would help allowing sperm donors in certain situations to become legal parents. opponents of the proposed bill include some sperm banks. >> it's an icky mess making international news. tonight the problem of so called fatbergs clogging up sewers it's made up of grease and baby wipe that's clocks up our sewer systems. they say is a serious problem. >> the grease gets inside of the sewer then the wipes get there. it comes together. it adheres to the graechls more grease gets on there, it becomes bigger grease ball. i've seen grease balls as large as volkswagons. >> yuck. yesterday a company in london announced it dis

. >> reporter: actor jason patrick is the hollywood face of a bill that would allow a sperm donor to sue for parental rights. >> if you are a sperm donor to an unmarried woman, you will not have parental rights and the mother will not have rights to claim support. >> reporter: existing california law states sperm donors are not legally considered natural fathers unless agreed on in writing before conception. patrick has been in a heated battle with his ex-girlfriend who conceived their son through artificial insemination. earlier this year a judge ruled patrick could not sue for custody. >> we raise these children. we love these children. but when these relationships fell apart for whatever the specific reason were, we were shockingly i know for me and from talking to daniel hit with briefs that deemed us sperm donors. >> reporter: opponents of the bill say it would open up the floodgates for anyone to file a lawsuit. >> this is a radical change in law that will turn the existing law on its head. and it will introduce insecurity. >> reporter: insecurity also felt by members of the as

. >> a bill inspired by jason patrick coming up. child through in vitro fertilization. patrick spoke to "new day" about this last month. >> i intend to parent this child. the world parent means to beget, nourish or raise a child. not only are we the parents but she's in effect confirming she wants to raise this child with me. >> the bill would allow a sperm donor to establish paternity if he receives the child into his home and openly holds out the child as his natural offspring. >> police in or land oaf looking for a man who stole two puppies from a vet shot by stuffing them down his pants. the suspect entering before scooping up a miniature dachshund and a pug, worth a combined $1,500, walked right out of the store. the owner of the shop is offering a $250 reward. i can hear you chortling, cuomo and brooke. >> i had to just pause on "in his pants." >> from there i think all we can do is go back to you because nothing more can be said. >> how perfect is that? he had to steal a hot dog of all things that he was going to stuff down h

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. >>> a bill is inspired by actor jason patrick's efforts to obtain custody of his son gus.t a man is not entitled to rights -- talking about his crusade. >> i intend to parent this child, the word parent means to beget, birth, nourish -- daniel shriver signing intended parent next to me, not only are we the parents but she's in effect confirming that she wants to raise this child. >> the bill under consideration would allow a sperm donor to establish paternity if he receives the child in the home and openly holds out the child has his natural offspring. >>> jelly fish on the attack. more than 200 swimmers stung on beaches along the coast in central florida. it seems the wind currents pushed those jelly fish close to the shoreline. they have expected to remain a nuisance as currents once again drag them back out to sea. >>> we have puppies and cats now. this is a 31-pound cat from nashville. now under a doctor's order to lose weight. buddha was rescued from a shelter after his last owner gave him up. the proothey say the cat went c when they were having pasta for lunch. at 3

jon: well, he rose to fame in the lost boys, but now author jason patrick is inspiring new legislationfter his own child custody case. it could be precedent-setting and affect all kinds of couples. we'll tell you about that. >>> plus, attention shoppers, you might be buying your way to the blues -- jenna: come on. jon: yeah, it's true. not just because of how much green you're spending. jenna, what you need to know before you hit the malls, next. [laughter] jon: take a live look at the dow. it's essentially going nowhere as we get some new economic numbers. the government reports retail sales went up in july, that's the fourth straight month. economists say it's a sign that stronger consumer spending could boost economic growth in this country. jenn good to be on the topic of shopping, right? always need to transition here. shopping might be good for our economy, as we know, we're a consumer-driven economy. but a new study is suggesting that shopping is not always good for your mental health. researchers who followed the buying habits of some 2500 people over a span of six years found

patrick snell is in oak hill in rochester, new york, to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. yes, jason last for someone who has won a first major championship rather than that old dufnering. very happy for him. a popular winner. he held off the challenge of jim furyk by two shots on sunday playing flawless golf. he really does have a wonderful swing, and he was never really in any trouble. he showed his class, showed his nerve, and duly sealed what he came here to do. i have to say though, while there were no problems for him on sunday, that wasn't the case earlier this year when he struck a rather unfortunate and unscripted pose. he was caught on camera in a dallas, texas, classroom. that's the phenomenon that became as dufnering. his pga tour buddies, and i use that term loosely, taking full advantage by tweeting and retweeting pictures of the unfortunate post. i'm wondering, are we now going to be seeing a whole lot more of this dufnering? >> maybe. i don't know. i have only done it -- that's the only time i have done it. actually i did it once with lindsey vonn because she asked me

jason r. workman. jesse d. pittman. nicholas p. spear. five soldiers killed that day. david r. carter. brian j. nichols. patrick d. hamburg. alexander j. bennett. spencer c. duncan. airmen killed that day, john w. brown, andrew serb. ell, and daniel l. mr. speaker, as these families continue to struggle with their loss, we continue to pray for them asking that god will give them a special measure of grace and peace on this day and the days ahead. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. and i rise today to speak on behalf of support for funding for the community development block grant, commonly known here as cdbg funding. you know, public-private partnerships are a great investment for our communities. and on the central coast of california as well as in communities all across our country, this community development block grant has long been a critical source of funding for local initiatives. cdbg funding gives nonprofits opportunity to provide locally tail ord services in an

jason patric and his bitter custody battle the star pleading with the california legislative committee to pass a bill that would give sperm donors the ability to seek parental rights to the children they father. patrickd he conceived with his ex-girlfriend through inveto fertilization. >> sb 115 doesn't give me my son back. i don't know if it gives mr. correa has son back but what it does do is give standing for known constitutionally get their rights and go into court and say i'm the dad. >> the panel, however, was not convinced, voting 5-2 to hold the measure in committee for further discussion later this year. >>> finally, what a scene in new jersey. group of 16 garage workers coming forward to claim their share of last week's massive $448 million powerball jackpot. the nine women and seven men gathered for a raucous news conference tuesday and i got to say hearing their stories you can't help but feel glad for them. 16 new jersey powerball millionaires now dubbed the ocean 16, so-called because a co-worker bought the winning ticket for their powerball pool at the ocean county vehicle maintenance garage, and no, she didn't have to dance through laser fields like in the movie "ocean's 12." >> hones